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Occupy Wall Street Benefit Album: Disc to Feature Crosby & Nash and More
- Posted on Nov 24th 2011 4:00PM by Jenny Charlesworth
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Now the 99 percent can get fired up with 'Occupy This Album,' an environmentally-friendly digital release featuring musical heavyweights like Crosby and Nash, Devo, Lucinda Williams, Yo La Tengo, Toots and the Maytals and Third Eye Blind.
"The Occupation movement is really the voice of the people, it's an idea that's been a long time coming," said Graham Nash of the legendary group Crosby, Stills and Nash (and sometimes Young), as reported by CNN. "I fully support their non-violent protests against a system that is carefully crafted in favor of the rich one percent."
The star-studded benefit disc -- which will be available some time this winter -- also boasts a song by famed American documentarian and social activist Michael Moore as well as the drummers from Occupy Wall Street's former base in Manhattan's Zuccotti Park. According to 'Occupy This Album' producers, it will "provide an anthem and rallying cry for the protesters involved in the uprising."
"It's really going to be an amazing help for years to come," said Occupy Music's Jason Samel, who curated the comp and hopes to raise between $1-2 Million for the nonprofit Alliance for Global Justice, which will then distribute half of the funds to Occupy Wall Street with the remainder going towards other Occupy offshoots that apply for a grant.
A mix of live tracks and new songs, the album showcases material that was specifically recorded with the Occupy movement in mind, including Third Eye Blind's 'If There Ever Was a Time,' which you can check out below.
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Songwriter bwaySteve's song "99 Percenter" recently interviewed by CBS News combines the angst of the past with the present - a unique perspective from the lens of a 60s protester... http://inventorspot.com/articles/portrait_60s_protester_adds_perspective_occupy_movement_song
December 08 2011 at 10:48 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe OWS crowd are nothing but a bunch of 100% left wing liberal anti-capitalist, anti-business, anti-freedom, anti-American losers of the lowest kind. This album that is coming out in support of the Occupy Wall Street clowns is gonna be the biggest bomb in the history of rock & roll. The Tea Party gets criticized constantly by the so called mainstream media because they're for less goverment, low taxes & anti-Obama. The OWS lunatics believe everybody else should give them money that they're way too intellectually lazy to earn themselves.
November 27 2011 at 5:19 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySongwriter bwaySteve's song "99 Percenter" combines the angst of the past with the present - a unique perspective from the lens of a 60s protester... http://inventorspot.com/articles/portrait_60s_protester_adds_perspective_occupy_movement_song
November 25 2011 at 8:38 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyGraham Nash has NO credibility. He's a baby booming old burned out dope smokin' hippy from the 60's Actually that's all OCCUPY is ... a bunch of wannbe 60's hippies. GEN X rules baby! When the moocher class of baby boomers is GONE this nation will be light years ahead of where it is today.
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